6/16/2017 - The young guard from France is strong defensively and improving on offense, but may need time to Expand

6/16/2017 - The young guard from France is strong defensively and improving on offense, but may need time to adjust to the NBA. Frank Ntilikina is an enigma — an unknown gem of seemingly unlimited potential. Our intrigue is largely based on what we know, which at this point isn’t a whole lot. But we love unknowns, because we can fill in the gaps for the type of players we think they are or will become, because they haven’t played enough games to become the disappointing proven commodity we previously refused to acknowledge.
Ntilikina (pronounced Nee-lee-KEE-na) hails from France, and has been playing professionally since the age of 15. For his club team, he’s a role player, playing just 19 minutes a night and averaging 5.2 points and 2.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists. These numbers likely stand out for the wrong reasons, but Ntilikina did shine in the FIBA U18 European Championships last December, where he was named MVP after leading France to the gold medal, averaging 15.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, and Collapse

6/14/2017 - Markkanen’s sharp shooting could be the scoring threat the Hornets are looking for. About a month Expand

6/14/2017 - Markkanen’s sharp shooting could be the scoring threat the Hornets are looking for. About a month ago fellow At The Hive contributor, David B. Walker, did a little bit of “myth busting” in regards to past lottery picks by the Hornets. There are supposedly three myths about said picks.
Myth 1: The Hornets always draft a player who had a good NCAA Tournament.
Myth 2: The Hornets always draft a big, tall white guy.
Myth 3: The Hornets always draft players from the University of North Carolina.
Fast forward to today — the NBA regular season is over and we’re now staring the NBA draft straight in between the eyes. All of Charlotte is asking who exactly will be available at the 11th pick when The Buzz are on the clock? Who will slip? Who is white and tall?
Today, we zero in on the Finnish, 7-foot power forward, by way of The University of Arizona, Lauri Markkanen.
Markkanen, a Caucasian male, lead his team to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament this past collegiate season where they Collapse

6/12/2017 - Smith Jr. is the exciting, high-risk, high-reward prospect the Hornets should consider — if he’s still available. For years now, the Hornets have drafted with a “win now” mentality; spurning the allure of tantalizingly volatile high risk/reward types in favor of safe, ostensibly NBA-Ready players. The Hornets approach the draft like your dad approaches buying pants: “What kinda moron spends a hundred bucks on some razzle-dazzle blue jeans when you can get a sensible pair of Kirkland slacks for a fraction of the cost?”
Look, there’s nothing wrong with a sturdy pair of Dockers. They’re safe, and reliable. Your dad needs them khaki slacks, bro. They’re not just pants, those are Business Britches. They’re no nonsense. They get the job done, they put food on the table, and above all else, they are NOT fun to watch play professional basketball. Luke Kennard is a pair of Khakis. Justin Jackson? Pleated trousers. Dennis Smith Jr. is a David Bowie spaceman suit.
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6/9/2017 - Duke’s Amile Jefferson will be among the list of participants. The Charlotte Hornets’ second NBA Expand

6/9/2017 - Duke’s Amile Jefferson will be among the list of participants. The Charlotte Hornets’ second NBA Draft workout will be Saturday, according to an announcement from the team:
Take a look at who’s coming in for tomorrow’s #HornetsSummer draft workouts. #BuzzCity https://t.co/7saJj2CDTT pic.twitter.com/lBsW0kpFvu— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 9, 2017
And for those who prefer lists, here is a list of the six participants:
Antonio Blakeney - LSU
Torian Graham - Arizona State
Amile Jefferson - Duke
Kyle Kuzma - Utah
Derrick Walton Jr. - Michigan
Nigel Williams-Goss - Gonzaga
The most notable, at least for folks in the NC/SC region, is Jefferson, who played five seasons at Duke, averaging 10.9 points and 8.4 rebounds his final season. At 24 years old though (four months older than Michael Kidd-Gilchrist), his draft stock isn’t exactly high, and would almost certainly end up as a 2nd round pick, if selected.
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6/5/2017 - How the the Hornets could finally land the superstar they’ve been looking for. Watching the draft Expand

6/5/2017 - How the the Hornets could finally land the superstar they’ve been looking for. Watching the draft is like going to an art museum, in that all you think about is how much better you could do this thing everyone is paying attention to.
That, and they’re both bullshit. Bullshit, because of the sheer amount of brute subjectivity involved in a thing that plays science on TV, complete with experts and analysts and tests testing everything from upper body strength to intelligence to how quickly you can cover 3⁄4 of a basketball court. All of this data and examination for something so inherently elusive can fool the best of us. For example, every year a thoughtful Charlotte fan base expects/hopes/prays for the Hornets to draft the next studly homegrown All-Star talent, and instead what we get is a press conference in mid-to-late June with Rich Cho and some half-baked looking blob of conceptual pastel, ushered in as something close to masterpiece.
“We really feel as though ________ will be Collapse

6/1/2017 - The LockedOn crew discusses what Hornets fans can expect from the potential lottery pick. The 2017 Expand

6/1/2017 - The LockedOn crew discusses what Hornets fans can expect from the potential lottery pick. The 2017 NBA Draft is less than a month away, and debate rages on who the Charlotte Hornets will select with the 11th overall pick.
One player linked with the Hornets a ton is Zach Collins from Gonzaga, but discussion about him among fans has been divisive. On the one hand, he could be the best player available when it comes time for Charlotte to pick, on the other hand, many feel he falls into the same spectrum of recent Hornets draft picks Frank Kaminsky and Cody Zeller.
To discuss Collins at length, Doug Branson and David Walker of the LockedOnHornets podcast discussed Collins with Peter Woodburn, site manager of The Slipper Still Fits, the SB Nation blog covering the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Give it a listen, and share your thoughts in the comments section. Collapse

5/23/2017 - Charlotte is among a few teams rumored to be interested in signing Udoh, but there’s little reason Expand

5/23/2017 - Charlotte is among a few teams rumored to be interested in signing Udoh, but there’s little reason to believe it at this point. The NBA news wire is pretty inactive at the moment, but that doesn’t stop rumors from filtering through. One of them involves the Charlotte Hornets, and their apparent interest in former NBA big man Ekpe Udoh. From the article:
Former lottery pick Ekpe Udoh has been named MVP of the Euroleague Final Four and may be looking for a return to the NBA.
Oh, and then the part where Charlotte is mentioned.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are among the teams expected to show interest this offseason if Udoh is willing to consider coming to the NBA at the right price.
Others who have expressed a stronger interest in Udoh recently include the Charlotte Hornets, Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets.
The amount of speculative terminology laced through this article is remarkable. Udoh “may be looking for a return” and “is willing to consider coming to the NBA”. The Cavalivers Collapse

5/17/2017 - It went exactly as we expected. While there were surprises and a bit of drama in this year’s NBA Expand

5/17/2017 - It went exactly as we expected. While there were surprises and a bit of drama in this year’s NBA Draft Lottery, none of it came for the Charlotte Hornets. They will pick 11th in the 2017 NBA Draft. Ho hum.
The good news is that this draft is potentially one of the deepest in years, but let’s be honest: 11th isn’t really the best place to be.
Good players will still be available, but the Hornets need more than a complimentary piece to take a major step forward. That said, recent history has shown that star-caliber players can be found outside the top 10. Good fortune didn’t fall to Charlotte tonight, but maybe it will on draft night.
We’ll have more on the upcoming draft soon. For now, speculate away as to who the Hornets will end up doing with the pick.
For fun, here are recent players taken 11th:
2016: Domantas Sabonis
2015: Myles Turner
2014: Doug McDermott
Be optimistic! Where’s the fun in being negative?
For those interested, the Boston Celtics managed to nab the first overall Collapse

5/15/2017 - An off-season about nothing is perhaps exactly what an overstimulated franchise needs most. The Expand

5/15/2017 - An off-season about nothing is perhaps exactly what an overstimulated franchise needs most. The Charlotte Hornets 2017 off-season is here and there is nothing to see.
It’s not so bad to have a season, off-or-otherwise, about nothing. Seinfeld did nine of them. Embracing nothingness is generally a positive — a characteristic of the patient and successful — from monastery monks, to New York living, cafe-dining, sociopaths on network television. For the Hornets even, it’s an important change for a fanbase that can recall only a constant state of organizational transience. Previous play-less periods filled by free agent signings and draft day trades and hirings and firings all to kind of prove to everyone (themselves included) that efforts are being made concerning the delicate issue of winning basketball games.
Consider for a moment the Hornets off-season modus operandi since the Charlotte inception: Handfuls of darts hurled wildly. Staying busy and consumed and confusing the feeling Collapse

6/15/2017 - The big man from Wake Forest is a projected lottery pick. After a day off, the Charlotte Hornets Expand

6/15/2017 - The big man from Wake Forest is a projected lottery pick. After a day off, the Charlotte Hornets will host their sixth NBA draft workout on Friday:
Day 6 of #HornetsSummer draft workouts are TOMORROW Take a look at who will be joining us in #BuzzCity https://t.co/DvoYCfxpKw pic.twitter.com/kXL0Ojku3S— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 15, 2017
The names, in list form (if you hadn’t noticed, I’m running out of ways to introduce the list):
Tony Bradley - North Carolina
Sterling Brown - SMU
John Collins - Wake Forest
Tyler Dorsey - Oregon
Frank Mason III - Kansas
Derrick White - Colorado
Collins is currently slated by Draft Express to go 14th overall. He’s an athletic, offensive-minded forward who averaged 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game his sophomore season at Wake Forest. If you’d like to read more, check out our draft preview on Collins, written by yours truly.
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6/14/2017 - Melo Trimbel, a few ACC players, and a 7’4 center from France are among the participants As the Expand

6/14/2017 - Melo Trimbel, a few ACC players, and a 7’4 center from France are among the participants As the NBA draft draws ever closer, the Charlotte Hornets will host their fifth draft workout today:
Our FIFTH #HornetsSummer draft work out is TOMORROW Here are the guys joining us in #BuzzCity :https://t.co/Zc0k57Pc3R pic.twitter.com/QhgTqnWMKn— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 13, 2017
Andddd the full list:
Jamel Artis - Pittsburgh
Sidy Djitte - Clemson
Youssoupha Fall - Poitiers Basket 86 (France)
Xavier Rathan-Mayes - Florida State
Melo Trimble - Maryland
Elijah Wilson - Coastal Carolina
After a two previous workouts featuring at least one potential lottery prospect, today’s group features players who could sneak into the second round. Three of the six prospects played in the ACC last season (I almost said four, but Maryland left, which still doesn’t feel right).
If there’s one to keep an eye, even just for curiosity’s sake, its Fall, who stands nearly 7’4’’, and comes with a Collapse

6/11/2017 - Two potential lottery selections will workout for the Hornets on Monday. The Charlotte Hornets Expand

6/11/2017 - Two potential lottery selections will workout for the Hornets on Monday. The Charlotte Hornets will host their third NBA draft workout on Monday, and it will include two players that could be on the team’s radar for the 11th overall pick:
Here are the guys who will be coming to #BuzzCity tomorrow for #HornetsSummer draft workouts:https://t.co/Pl4es7TufG pic.twitter.com/eoewJAzAUW— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 11, 2017
Here is the full list of players:
Bryce Alford - UCLA
Terrance Ferguson - Adelaide 36ers (pro team in Australia)
Donovan Mitchell - Louisville
Cameron Oliver - Nevada
Devin Robinson - Florida
Tai Webster - Nebraska
Mitchell is undoubtedly the standout prospect of the group, as many mock drafts have him pegged as a late lottery pick. A 6-3 combo guard with a 6’10 wingspan, he is already a strong defense player, and while his offensive game is still developing, he has shown significant growth on that end, averaging 15.6 points per game his sophomore Collapse

6/8/2017 - In our first prospect preview of the year, we take a look at North Carolina’s Justin Jackson. Expand

6/8/2017 - In our first prospect preview of the year, we take a look at North Carolina’s Justin Jackson. Should the Hornets look to take him in this year’s draft? Welcome to our first edition of Prospect Previews this year, where At The Hive takes a hard look at potential draft picks the Charlotte Hornets might want.
First up, we’re taking a look at North Carolina’s Justin Jackson.
The Hornets are perennially linked to players from Carolina’s schools, regardless of talent level or fit. It’s true that they’ve selected Tar Heels and Blue Devils in the past — often to pander to more casual fans (I’m looking at you, Tyler Hansbrough) — but by and large the Hornets have elected to take the player they feel best fits what they’re trying to do the last few years.
With that out of the way, Jackson is an intriguing prospect. At 6’8” with a 6’11” wingspan, he possesses the size and length the Hornets have been looking for in a tweener. Big wings are often pushed to become undersized forwards these days, Collapse

6/2/2017 - Another player that could be on the Hornets radar, Doug and David give us their thoughts The Expand

6/2/2017 - Another player that could be on the Hornets radar, Doug and David give us their thoughts The Locked On Hornets crew are back, this time discussing Lauri Markkanen, the 7’0’ forward from Arizona who is touted as one of the better outside shooters in the draft.
Listen as Doug, David, and guest Nata Edwards discuss Markkanen and what they like and dislike, while also comparing his game to Frank Kaminsky. Also be sure to listen to Doug’s interview with Ryan Kelpire of Arizona Desert Storm, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments! Collapse

5/30/2017 - Entering an important offseason, MKG is already at work looking to improve his outside shooting Expand

5/30/2017 - Entering an important offseason, MKG is already at work looking to improve his outside shooting ability. Further proving that time is a flat circle, it appears Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has been spending time this offseason changing his jumpshot again. Earlier this weekend, a tweet from LethalShooter__ showed MKG practicing his new form:
The last 8days I've started teaching Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Charlotte Hornets) the Art of Shooting. Going to change the entire shot. pic.twitter.com/ibcePmIgAd— Lethal Shooter (@LethalShooter__) May 27, 2017
As indicated from the tweet (and obviously from the picture), MKG is changing his entire shooting form. This is far from surprising — you only need to scroll back to the top of the page to see just how much he reverted back to his form of old. Why that happened is likely due to a number of reasons, and one that certainly didn’t help was the severe amount of shoulder rehab MKG went through last summer after tearing his labrum twice. Given Collapse

5/20/2017 - Debunking common assumptions about who the Hornets tend to draft. It's almost June, which means Expand

5/20/2017 - Debunking common assumptions about who the Hornets tend to draft. It's almost June, which means the NBA Draft is nearly here, or as I see the most wonderful time of the year NBA Draft time!!!! If you're a Charlotte Hornets fan you may not share that same enthusiasm but should you buy into the common beliefs constantly repeated about their drafting habits this time of year? Once the draft lottery was complete the takes on what the Hornets would do immediately fell back to some common thoughts, but do they hold water?
There are three well known and largely accepted beliefs around the drafting habits of the Charlotte Hornets and more specifically, Michael Jordan. Because anything the Hornets do ultimately boils down to the failing of Micheal Jordan as an executive, manufactured or not.
Belief 1: the Hornets always draft a player who had a good NCAA Tournament.
Belief 2: The Hornets always draft a big tall white guy.
Belief 3: The Hornets always draft players from the University of Collapse

5/16/2017 - Yeah, the Hornets missed the playoffs. On the bright side, they have an opportunity to get a great Expand

5/16/2017 - Yeah, the Hornets missed the playoffs. On the bright side, they have an opportunity to get a great pick tonight. Come chat with other Hornets fans about the NBA Draft Lottery! The NBA Draft Lottery starts at 8 p.m. tonight and the Charlotte Hornets have sent Rich Cho to represent them. The Hornets are projected to pick 11th, meaning they don’t have much of a chance to move up. But they could. The definitely could.
The Hornets haven’t had much luck in recent years as far as the Draft Lottery goes. They’re perhaps best remembered for losing out on the first overall pick back in 2012, when they ended up with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist — a decent get, in fairness — instead of Anthony Davis.
Had the balls bounced in their favor, we’d be in a completely different place right now.
But that’s life. You do everything you can to set yourself up for success and then leave the rest to chance.
This year’s draft is relatively deep, however, so the Hornets should get a good player even if they don’t Collapse

5/14/2017 - The first time All-Star emerged as something even more valuable this year: a true face of the Expand

5/14/2017 - The first time All-Star emerged as something even more valuable this year: a true face of the franchise Chances are if you’re reading this you’re more than just a casual fan of the Charlotte Hornets, and may have even caught a few of their games this year. That being the case, you likely noticed that Kemba Walker was clearly the best and most consistent player on the team. But just so there’s no confusion, let me make this clear: Kemba Walker killed it this season.
Many of us are happy to forget the 2016-17 season and move on. In an up and down year that saw the team at some points overachieve and others play incredibly underwhelming basketball, Walker was a mostly unwavering beacon of light and hope. Kemba didn’t just have a good year, he had the best of his career.
The six year vet posted career highs in points (23.2), field goal percentage (44), and three point percentage (40), while also getting over All-Star Snub hump, finally receiving a well deserved selection to the annual Collapse

6/15/2017 - Luke Kennard is a player the Hornets should target in the first round. As the NBA Draft draws ever Expand

6/15/2017 - Luke Kennard is a player the Hornets should target in the first round. As the NBA Draft draws ever closer, NBA teams such as the Charlotte Hornets have to balance sometimes opposing priorities. Do they use their draft picks on players with the highest ceilings, or highest floors? Draft for need or pure talent? Take best player available, or go after positional scarcity?
It is likely the very best players will be off the board by the time the Hornets make their pick at 11. Then the draft board splits, between big men with pools of potential and guards or wings with more polish but less upside. How does Charlotte navigate the way forward?
The answer is positional scarcity. Centers are still valuable in the league, and the Hornets saw that firsthand when they lost Cody Zeller to injury for much of last season. Their record crumbled as they rotated through a variety of options to fill in.
But centers are everywhere around the league, and Charlotte has already invested a lot of money in Collapse

6/12/2017 - The Creighton big man will workout for the Hornets on Tuesday The Charlotte Hornets announced who Expand

6/12/2017 - The Creighton big man will workout for the Hornets on Tuesday The Charlotte Hornets announced who will attend their fourth NBA draft workout on Tuesday:
More guys coming in for #HornetsSummer draft workouts! Take a look at who will be joining us tomorrow in #BuzzCityhttps://t.co/eqMLMHoUpe pic.twitter.com/6HA98Gg6jn— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 12, 2017
And the list:
Jaron Blossomgame - Clemson
Antonius Cleveland - Southeast Missouri State
P.J. Dozier - South Carolina
Avry Holmes - Clemson
Justin Patton - Creighton
Quinton Stephens - Georgia Tech
The standout among the group is Patton, who is projected as a mid-to-late first round pick. The 20 year old stands 7’0 feet, and played one season at Creighton (but did redshirt, hence his age) where he averaged 12.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. An athletic forward, he has a bit of shooting range as well, as he knocked down 57.1 percent of his 3-point attempts. The catch, of course, is that he attempted just 0.4 a Collapse

6/10/2017 - A highly productive offensive player, Collins could be the post scorer the Hornets currently lack. Expand

6/10/2017 - A highly productive offensive player, Collins could be the post scorer the Hornets currently lack. John Collins comes into the 2017 NBA Draft as one of the best offensive big men in his class. While he’s a bit undersized at 6’9 1/2, and has a limited 6’11 wingspan, his athleticism and highly efficient post game could help him develop into a productive offensive player in the NBA.
The Basics
Collins played two seasons at Wake Forest, averaging 19.2 points per game his sophomore season while shooting 62.4 percent from the field. He averaged 9.8 rebounds, with 3.8 of them coming from the offense glass, and, for what it’s worth, averaged 1.6 blocks per game.
Strengths
Almost everything to like about Collins comes on the offensive end. He was highly productive scoring in the post, and his True Shooting Percentage of 67 percent was highest in the NCAA.
Collins does a good job of positioning himself in the post. He positions himself early and gets low, which gives him an advantage over Collapse

6/7/2017 - Allen and Karnowski headline the list of prospects. The Charlotte Hornets will conduct their first Expand

6/7/2017 - Allen and Karnowski headline the list of prospects. The Charlotte Hornets will conduct their first day of NBA draft workouts today, per an announcement from the team:
Take a look at who will be here for our first #HornetsSummer draft workouts tomorrow Bios https://t.co/dDrgAjjXsD pic.twitter.com/zC4WmNshVn— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 6, 2017
Headlining this group is Kadeem Allen, a 6’3 guard from Arizona who attended New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. Allen shot 42.7 percent from the 3-point line last season, and was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team and Defensive team.
Another notable attendee is Przemek Karnowski, a 7-1 center from Gonzaga. One of the more recognizable figures from the NCAA tournament, Karnowski was one of the key figures in Gonzaga’s NCAA Championship runner-up season.
Other players attending include:
Austin Arians
V.J. Beachem
Jack Gibbs
Mangok Mathiang
None of these players are expected to go at or around the 11th pick, Collapse

6/1/2017 - The 2016-17 season marked coach Steve Clifford’s first mediocre defensive squad, the most Expand

6/1/2017 - The 2016-17 season marked coach Steve Clifford’s first mediocre defensive squad, the most 3-pointers given up in the whole league and shaky execution against the pick-and-roll, among other things. What gives? One particular word comes to mind when trying to characterize Steve Clifford’s Charlotte Hornets and that is “consistency”.
Charlotte’s head coach has preached the same things — like transition defense and not fouling — for four seasons now, and the players have bought in year in, year out.
If you take a look at the Hornets team stats, it’s easy to see how committed the players are to Clifford’s strategy. This was the first NBA season since 2012-13 in which the Charlotte Horncats didn’t finish first in Defensive Rebound Percentage.
The Hornets — as always abandoning the offensive glass and putting an extra focus on securing their own — finished “only” second to the Detroit Pistons.
Per Basketball Reference, Pat Riley’s New York Knicks (1991 - 1994) are the lone other NBA team to Collapse

5/24/2017 - The speculation proved true, as the official word came today. The NBA announced today that the Expand

5/24/2017 - The speculation proved true, as the official word came today. The NBA announced today that the Charlotte Hornets will host the 2019 All-Star game.
⭐️OFFICIAL!⭐️ https://t.co/YIFkZlffwj#NBAAllStar #BuzzCity pic.twitter.com/EsoyxchRmp— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) May 24, 2017
This announcement comes after the 2017 All-Star game was moved from Charlotte to New Orleans due to the North Carolina’s controversial HB 2, which prevented local governments from passing anti-discrimination ordinances for public places such as restaurants or hotels. The law was repealed this past March, and replaced with HB 142.
We’ll likely have more on this in the future, but until then, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Collapse

5/17/2017 - This is the third year in a row Walker has had surgery to address an issue with his left knee. The Expand

5/17/2017 - This is the third year in a row Walker has had surgery to address an issue with his left knee. The Charlotte Hornets announced Wednesday that Kemba Walker will be out six weeks after undergoing a successful minor arthroscopic procedure on his left knee.
INJURY UPDATE: @KembaWalker has undergone a successful minor arthroscopic procedure on left knee. Press release: https://t.co/R8GxrmdXW3 pic.twitter.com/CGrn5qF4rL— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) May 17, 2017
For those counting, this is the third time Walker has had surgery on his left knee. He previously had it roughly a year ago, to repair a torn meniscus, and the year before that for the same issue. While there’s nothing torn this time around, its still not an ideal situation.
But hey, on the other hand, surgery didn’t seriously affect Walker the past two seasons, having had the two most productive seasons of his career following the first and second procedure. Who’s to say he won’t have another career season again?
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5/16/2017 - The odds have never worked in Charlotte’s favor, but it doesn’t stop us from irrationally thinking Expand

5/16/2017 - The odds have never worked in Charlotte’s favor, but it doesn’t stop us from irrationally thinking luck could swing their way. Tonight is the NBA Draft Lottery, and the Charlotte Hornets will undoubtedly land the 11th pick. If we say this enough, we will change the course of events, and the Hornets will end up with the 14th pick after the Pistons, Nuggets, and Heat each move up into the top-3. Admit it, it sounds more plausible than the Hornets moving up.
Rich Cho will be representing the team for the second time. The last time he did, the Hornets had the highest possible odds and ended up with 2nd overall pick. This time around, ending up with the second pick would feel a little different.
But the draft lottery is like all lotteries — a scam that preys on people’s hope. The odds to land the No. 1 pick are less than one percent, and yet as I type this, less than one percent of me is convincing myself there’s a chance.
This irrational thinking is more excusable if the lottery had Collapse

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